Never Bail Hey on an Unhoed RoadThe concluding item in Friday’s column drew this response from reader Tom Witta:

It’s “a tough row to hoe,” not “road.” Can’t tell if you meant that deliberately, as a similar mistake to the ones you were noting, but if so, the humor didn’t quite come off for me. There is I guess some confusion on this, but you hoe a row of a crop to weed it, so my background with summers spent at my uncle’s farm must be showing through.

Which answers the age-old question: Why can’t Johnny weed?

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